Na i hope they take their sweet ass time myself, blame Covid for all i care. I can use a few days off lol.
Interesting, was one of our shuttle vans that said she was told from a Barstow driver that it was shut down. NTH tho will be shut down for sure it happened over that crossing.
Was that still one of the old wood crossings there? I remember there being a few heading down NTH from Amboy, but it's been a awhile.
Wood crossing???? You mean wood bridge? Or the planks between the rails being tied?
Coming on the heels of this tragedy, RIP Brother. To be clear, it wasn't 2 trains, it was 1 train setting out cars. Still a heart breaker for those of us in the business.
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Used to be a wood bridge. Not a big one, just to cross a wash or something. This was also at least 10 years ago. Been on this side of the river for 9 years, so haven't used 66 as a bypass for a long time.
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There are still a ton of wood or creso (sp) bridges on the transcon.
Drove by there today and wondered what the engineers of the stalled trains do while waiting. Also surprised how Herzog was able to get their trains in there ahead of the trains stalled.
They will use ballast (rock) to build a crossing, and with use of that crossing they are able to put the equipment onto the rail.
I’m not sure I understand. Herzog must have had 15 cars in place. How did they bypass the stalled cars? I don’t see them placing the cars on the tracks unless I’m missing something. It’s interesting to say the least.
They sit and wait for vans to come get them. A company called Hulcher trucks out equipment to remove the derailed cars. Routes are made by train dispatchers to bring in any on track equipment, but I believe most of what was out there came in by truck and was craned onto the tracks. It's crazy how fast all of this comes together.
As far as what the engineers do while waiting, I think Peter play on his phone.
Duffy St. Incident was an interesting time-line of the events.
